Ogden Morning Examiner | 1909-03-14 | Page 9 | A Municipal Monopoly

A Municipal Monopoly I For some time there has haR been l en tHe fric friction fIC tion ton between the time citizens and authorities ties of o Wheeling W Va Ya because tho the former In Ia cHanco d of a n city ordinance prefer preter to buy natural gas gaH at nt 15 5 cents I for or lighting l purposes R rather than pay 75 cents for pas gu jN manufactured by hy the I city which they claim caim in is not worth the difference At Al present there IH Es i a three cornered com red fight on 01 The citizens arc trying to have hae the monopolistic or ordinance ordinance rescinded while the time city cl has h brought suit sull against consumers to re restrain restrain I strain them thor from using natural gas except for tor heating purposes and Against the natural gas JR company to I prevent pr ent It from selling gas except tom for fOl fuel fuelIn fuelIn tuel In Its is answer the company has hn ex exploded exploded exploded a bombshell bomb hell by declaring that lint during the time last lamit ten years It has bas sold cubic feet of natural gas gns to the city cl gas Jat works where It was waR mixed with artificial gas ns and resold to consumers consumer at 75 iG cents a thousand al nl although although though the tIme city paid only 15 IG cents for tor forIt or It It Yet Wheeling W ln used u td to be b a n show town for municipal ownership